From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761905AbYAUXVR (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:21:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760316AbYAUXS0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:18:26 -0500 Received: from blue.powerfulnet.net ([80.68.94.67]:1347 "EHLO blue.powerfulnet.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760586AbYAUXSZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:18:25 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 302 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:18:25 EST From: "J. Pablo =?utf-8?q?Fern=C3=A1ndez?=" To: Jiri Slaby Subject: Re: Making a USB driver Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:13:13 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <479515FF.3050705@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <479515FF.3050705@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6641735.DZeXHEYdHT"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200801212313.17703.pupeno@pupeno.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --nextPart6641735.DZeXHEYdHT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 21 January 2008 22:00:31 Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 01/21/2008 09:11 PM, J. Pablo Fern=C3=A1ndez wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm interested in making a driver for the Kinesis Savant Elite > > Programable USB Foot Switches[1]. > > [1]+1 says > Linux, Sun and other Non Windows Platforms > =C2=B7 Requires available USB port. Uses generic drivers provided by the > operating system. Due to the heterogeneity in these platforms, we cannot > guarantee compatibility with these systems. However, if your system can u= se > any USB mouse and keyboard, it will probably work with a Savant or Savant > Elite foot switch. > > I guess it's ordinary input device without any special driver needs. It sends ordinary mouse and keyboard commands, but you need a driver to=20 program it what commands to send, and that's the part I want to cover: " it= =20 can be easily reprogrammed on a Windows [and only Windows] PC to perform an= y=20 keyboard action or key combination." =2D-=20 J. Pablo Fern=C3=A1ndez http://pupeno.com --nextPart6641735.DZeXHEYdHT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHlScNfW48a9PWGkURAjcTAJ9ieBC/Seb4mZLT+psqEL7e9xB4nACdEKH6 LcX1QcXBDVRJ7tAn3l65ME0= =MasH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6641735.DZeXHEYdHT--